Born on a Colonial plantation in Malaya, the Author now lives in Tuscany. His gaze travels the longue durée of history, taking in the rubber trees in Malaya, sugar fields in the Caribbean prospering on slavery, oil rich plains of Venezuela, and corridors of power in Washington and Beijing. They are not stories in isolation, he writes, but nodes in a single, sprawling network of extraction and order. And if the Empire seems to be returning, the fact is it never really went away.
Full Text PDFFour tales are presented in this section, the first concerning the origin of the Vietnamese people, the second concerning a mythical victory over a mythical enemy, the third concerned with maritime trade combined with Buddhist magic as a source of wealth and power, and the fourth concerning the establishment of the semi-mythical kingdom of Âu Lạc and its subsequent overthrow by Zhào Tuó, a Qín General from what is now Hénán Province in China. Zhào Tuó establishes a new independent kingdom, Nam Việt, with its capital city located in what is now the city of Guǎngzhōu.
Full Text PDFThis section has seven tales. The first three describe the depredations inflicted on the people by different types of monsters and the means used to destroy them. The last four are concerned in various ways with the Chinese General and Administrator, Cao Biền 高 駢 (Chinese: Gāo Pián), who was sent South in 865 by the Tang Emperor to confront and defeat the forces of Nánzhào (Vietnamese: Namchiếu), which were invading An Nam.
Full Text PDFThe first millennium of the Common Era (year 1 to year 1000 CE) is often referred to by the Vietnamese as “the period of northern domination” (thời bắc thuộc), because throughout this period the ancestors of the Vietnamese were usually ruled by Generals and Administrators sent South from China. The Tales in this section concern periods of resistance to this domination on the part of the local people. – Eric Henry.
Full Text PDFThroughout the two thousand years of Vietnamese history, local Generals managed to win encounters in which the odds seemed heavily weighted against them. Vietnamese storytellers have long been inclined to attribute these successes to the assistance provided by powerful spirits, often the still-active souls of heroes who lived in preceding centuries. These figures typically appear in dreams to the Commanders, and make promises of loyal assistance.
Full Text PDFThe establishment of a Temple, and the supplications and rewards associated with that Temple, is a motif that appears in many of the tales in this collection, and is a prominent element in each of the tales presented here.—Eric Henry.
Full Text PDFA combined review of Aki Tonami (2016), Nong Hong (2020), Woon and Dodds (eds. 2020), and Martin Kossa (2024).
Aki Tonami, Asian Foreign Policy in a Changing Arctic: The Diplomacy of Economy and Science at New Frontiers. Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 140 pages, INR 4,578.
Nong Hong, China’s Role in the Arctic: Observing and Being Observed. Routledge, 2020, 232 pages, INR 4,249.
Chih Yuan Woon and Klaus Dodds, eds., ‘Observing’ the Arctic: Asia in the Arctic Council and Beyond. Edward Elgar, 2020, 256 pages, INR 3,576.
Martin Kossa, The Arctic in China’s National Strategy: Science, Security, and Governance. Routledge, 2024, 173 pages, INR 3,761.
Unsilent Strangers: Music, Minorities, Coexistence, Japan, Edited by Hugh de Ferranti, Masaya Shishikura, and Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes. Singapore: NUS Press, National University of Singapore, 2023, 314 pages, SGD42.
Full Text PDFRising Asia is a scholarly publication and journal of record with a multidisciplinary orientation. It serves as a resource for the study, investigation, and teaching of Asian societies. Each volume of the journal contains interpretive essays on all aspects of Asian history, economy, diplomacy, literature, health, science, military affairs (war, peace and society or WPS) and culture.
Its coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, incorporating various thematic approaches—historical, economic, foreign policy, military, literary and theoretical that explore issues of grand strategy, ideology, ethnicity, race and gender, diasporic and indigenous communities, and colonialism and postcolonialism. The journal also publishes research articles in the field of Film Studies, as well as commentaries on museum exhibits and resource guides, provided all of them are scholarly in nature.
| Title: | Rising Asia Journal |
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| Frequency: | Three times a year |
| ISSN: | ISSN 2583-1038 |
| Publisher: | Rising Asia Foundation |
| Chief Editor: | Harish C. Mehta |
| Copyright: | Rising Asia Foundation |
| Starting year: | January 2021 |
| Subject: | Multidisciplinary subjects |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Format: | Online |
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HARISH C. MEHTA
PhD, McMaster University, Canada;
former Lecturer at University of Toronto, McMaster,
and Trent University;
and former Senior Indochina Correspondent,
The Business Times of Singapore.
harishcmehta1968@gmail.com
harish.mehta@utoronto.ca
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DEB A. MUKHERJEE
St. Stephen's College; University of Delhi;
Managing Director, Cenergist Energy Private Limited;
Chairperson, The Delhi Council of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry; former President, BCC&I.
debamukherjee59@gmail.com
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GURJIT SINGH
Former Ambassador of India to Germany, Indonesia, ASEAN, Ethiopia and the African Union;
currently honorary Professor of Humanities, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (Japan, Indonesia, ASEAN, Africa and Europe),
ambassadorgurjitsingh@gmail.com
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ANG CHENG GUAN
Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore. (International History and Politics of Southeast Asia),
iscgang@ntu.edu.sg
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JANGKHONGAM DOUNGEL
Professor, Department of Political Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl (Local/Regional Politics & Socio-Economic Development of Mizoram, and Autonomy Movements in the North East),
jdoungel@gmail.com
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MANASHJYOTI KARJEE
MA, International Relations & Area Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, and BA, Political Science, Ramjas College, University of Delhi; former positions: Assistant Professor, SGT University, and Researcher of Security & Society at Advanced Study Institute of Asia (Security Dynamics, Arctic Geopolitics, Global Geopolitical Shifts),
manashjrkarjee@gmail.com
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AURKO CHAKRABARTI
BA, Media & Communications, Swansea University; former positions: Editor of Decypher Journal, and Narrative Designer, and Geopolitical Research Analyst at Advanced Study Institute of Asia (Media and Political Communication, Visual Culture and Narrative Politics, Media Systems and Public Discourse),
aurko.chakrabarti@gmail.com
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Julie Banerjee Mehta
Former Lecturer, University of Toronto and York University, currently Guest Faculty Professor, Loreto College, Calcutta (Postcolonial and Gender Theory, World Literatures, Diaspora Studies and Southeast Asian Culture),
juliemehta57@gmail.com
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Suchorita Chattopadhyay
Professor, Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University (Comparative Literature, Japan, and Asian Diasporas),
suchoritachattopadhyay@yahoo.com
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Craig Etcheson
PhD (International Relations), University of Southern California; former Visiting Scientist at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2017 through June 2022 (Transitional Justice, Genocide Studies, and Cambodia),
etcheson@ix.netcom.com
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Lalnundika Hnamte
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Pachhunga University College, A Constituent College of Mizoram University (Peace and Conflict Resolution; Northeast Indian politics; Sixth Schedule and Tribal Autonomy; Migration and Citizenship;
Look East/Act East Policy),
lalnundika@jbc.edu.in
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Tuan Hoang
Professor of Great Books and Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Humanities and Teacher Education, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (Modern Vietnamese Intellectual and Religious History, Vietnamese American History, and Vietnamese Catholicism),
tuan.hoang@pepperdine.edu
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Sanjay Kathuria
PhD (Economics), University of Oxford; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and Ashoka University, Sonipat, India; Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research and former Lead Economist, World Bank (South Asian Trade and Investment, India's North East, Global Economy, Economic Growth, and Competitiveness),
sanjay@cprindia.org
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Veronica Khangchian
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Dhanamanjuri University, Imphal, Manipur;
she formerly taught in the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, and at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi (Ethnicity & Conflict, Migration, and Peace Processes in Northeast India),
verokarujiliu@gmail.com
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Vimal Khawas
Professor, the Special Centre for the Study of North East India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (the Himalayan region, Sikkim, Nepal, Environmental Studies/Security, Development Studies, Urban and Regional Planning),
vimalkhawas@mail.jnu.ac.in
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Siddharth Mallavarapu
Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University (Disciplinary histories of International Relations, Theories of IR in the Global South, Asia in World Affairs, Comparative Political Thought, and Critical Security Studies),
siddharth.m@snu.edu.in
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Medha
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University (South Asian Historical International Relations, Postcolonial and Decolonial approaches, Identities, Ideologies and Religion, and Discourse Theory),
medha@snu.edu.in
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Biswajit Mohapatra
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Politics, International Relations and Foreign Policy; and India's North East),
biswajitm1@gmail.com
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Nguyet Nguyen
Assistant Professor of History, Department of Social Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Alaska, Southeast, Juneau, Alaska (Vietnam War, U.S. Foreign Relations, Imperialism and Decolonization, and Gender Politics),
ntnguyen2@alaska.edu
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Por Heong Hong
Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang (Malaysia's healthcare policy, biopolitics, politics of memory, politics of heritage),
porheonghong@usm.my
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Salikyu Sangtam
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Tetso College, Dimapur, Nagaland, India (Politics of Knowledge, Political Thought, Political Philosophy),
salikyu.sangtam@gmail.com
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Vu Duong Luan
Senior Lecturer, Department of Heritage Studies, and Head of Office of Research Affairs and International Cooperation, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (Transnational History of Sino-Vietnamese Early Modern Borderlands, Comparative Studies of Social and Economic Institutions of Imperial China and Vietnam, and the Politics of Heritage in Chinese and Vietnamese societies).
luanvuduong@gmail.com
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BOOKS
Mohini Maureen Pradhan
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FILM STUDIES
Raka Mukherjee
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Hemalatha Sridhar
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Hussena Calcuttawala
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COLUMNS
Valentina Notts
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